After waiting through a snow-out on Thursday, and then an hour rain delay on Friday, the Fisher Cats hit the ground running in the first inning. With one out, five consecutive hits were delivered, highlighted by a two-run double by Jake Fox off Ryan Carpenter (0-1).

The Fisher Cats stranded runners in the third and fourth, but got on the board again in the fifth. Andy Burns started the inning with a walk, the second time he reached on the night. With one out, Hobson hit a home run to right field to push the lead to 4-0.

The run support was more than enough for starting pitcher Matt Boyd and the bullpen. Boyd started the game throwing strikes, striking out six of the first seven batters. He didn't allow a hit until the third inning, and no Rock Cat reached second base until the fourth.

Entering the fifth, Boyd was looking for his tenth strikeout, but would up walking two to get to his pitch limit on the night. He turned the ball over to Danny Barnes (W; 1-0), who strike out the next two batters to end the inning.

Barnes pitched 12/3 scoreless before Luis Perez, Dustin Antolin and Blake McFarland all worked a scoreless inning to secure the win. McFarland struck out the side to finish the ninth inning.

Hobson finished the game 2-for-4 with the home run and two RBI. Matt Newman singled in the fourth, doubled in the sixth and hit an RBI triple in the eighth. Jorge Flores brought Newman home to cap the scoring with a groundout in that same inning. The Fisher Cats had 13 hits as eight of nine starters collected at least one.